This is the first picture (and it's a good one) that I'm seeing of this. I didn't see the game or a replay, but it looks like the 'bill' of the helmet is what broke. A fastball hitting it at the right angle and speed could do it. When I heard about this on the radio, I imagined the helmet being cracked in half across the middle or side, which would be much, much harder to do, and anything hitting hard enough to break a helmet that way would have done worse to the batter.
Sammy will be fine.
-Mikey
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